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Brown Falcon

Falco berigoraVigors & Horsfield, 1827

Native
Order
FALCONIFORMES
Genus
Falco
Commonness
Very common
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The brown falcon is a relatively large falcon native to Australia and New Guinea.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
Australia, west-central to south-east New Guinea and islands west of New Britain (south-east Bismarck Arch.)

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

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05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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